When ever and where ever any bad news occurs, are truckers, like farmers, not assumed to be guilty? Then impossible to prove innocent. Check out some of the criminal charges of negligent homicide, etc.

Posted by Bonnie Dukowitz at
11:52AM CST 01/27/15

Why do you think there is a shortage with truckers? Welfare and unemployment benefits are better than working for a living. When we have a government handing out money why would people work? Not hard to figure that problem out.

Posted by DAVID/KEVIN GRUENHAGEN at
9:21AM CST 01/28/15

With the slowdown in the Bakken there should be quite a few truckers looking for work. At least until the oil prices go back up again.

Posted by CRAIG MOORE at
1:08PM CST 01/28/15

Think again, CM. The unemployment benefits are too great and too long. Call me what you like, but if a check comes in the mail or direct deposited, I'll spend it. Why dry truck, milk cows, flip burgers or other, if one can milk the government?

Posted by Bonnie Dukowitz at
2:10PM CST 01/28/15

we need stop making jobs and make people that will work its sad all the jobs and no worker. the government can not see what there doing they want votes

Posted by Unknown at
7:41AM CST 01/29/15

New commercial truck driver applicants would need to pass a drug and alcohol test just like train and plane operators or members of the military. Good luck with that. The majority of American youth do not qualify for military service because of drugs. Bad government, maybe, bad parenting, definitely.

Posted by Don Thompson at
8:45AM CST 01/29/15

Being involved with class 8 transportation for 3 plus decades the industry has failed to recognize the most important asset of good reliable drivers and continue to dilute the profession with laws like 70 hour rules, being absent from home for weeks at a time and the so called "boss " that has never spent 15 minutes behind the wheel. Having a truckers - ATA - convention to hand wring out the wonder why's display's the mindset of an industry plagued with an over abundance of experts dreaming up unrealistic gimmicks and now are reaping what they have sown.
Sincerely - Dan Waldow

Posted by Unknown at
1:16PM CST 01/29/15

Monday 01/19/15

West Coast Ports Suffering Slowdowns, Work Stoppages

The ongoing labor contract dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union is affecting service at several West Coast ports, according to trade sources[Read Full Blog Post]

Wednesday 12/31/14

Railroads Pick Up Steam

Railroads are reporting fewer delays thanks to good weather and less grain movement. Meanwhile, the ongoing labor dispute in the West Coast appears to still be far from reaching a resolution.[Read Full Blog Post]

Monday 12/22/14

Railroads Performing Better Due to Mild Weather, More Locomotives

The Senate on Dec. 16 approved a 9-cent-per-gallon increase in the barge diesel fuel user fee, which is expected to generate additional revenue annually to aid in the renovation and modernization of the country's inland waterways infrastructure.[Read Full Blog Post]

really another railroad blog? What about a story about how far off USDA was on yield in 2014.Our local elevator has shipped most of it's corn to Canada already and it's not even the end of the year yet.Have heard of talk from guys in Ill. that they had normal yields.They said 250 bu. is normal for them nothing not records.

Posted by Raymond Simpkins at
8:21AM CST 12/30/14

Friday 12/19/14

Informa: Beans Acres Exceed Corn Acres

Private analytical firm Informa Economics sees farmers planting more soybean acres than corn acres next year for the first time since 1983.[Read Full Blog Post]

Monday 12/15/14

Logistic, PNW Labor Issues Hurting Business

Logistic issues and an ongoing labor dispute in the Pacific Northwest are affecting imports and exports of all containerized commodities, according to commodity industry representatives.[Read Full Blog Post]

Mon Jan 19, 2015 12:16 PM CSTThe ongoing labor contract dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union is affecting service at several West Coast ports, according to trade sources

Wed Dec 31, 2014 02:47 PM CSTRailroads are reporting fewer delays thanks to good weather and less grain movement. Meanwhile, the ongoing labor dispute in the West Coast appears to still be far from reaching a resolution.

Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:20 AM CSTLogistic issues and an ongoing labor dispute in the Pacific Northwest are affecting imports and exports of all containerized commodities, according to commodity industry representatives.

Mon Dec 1, 2014 03:39 PM CSTThe Daily Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping News has reported that ice has already started to develop on Michigan's Great Lakes. This is the earliest ice has formed on some of the Great Lakes in at least 40 years.